Programme Specification for the 2024/5 academic year
BA (Hons) Philosophy and Global Cultural Studies (4-year)
1. Programme Details
Programme name | BA (Hons) Philosophy and Global Cultural Studies (4-year) | Programme code | UFA4HPSSML46 |
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Study mode(s) | Full Time Part Time |
Academic year | 2024/5 |
Campus(es) | Streatham (Exeter) |
NQF Level of the Final Award | 6 (Honours) |
2. Description of the Programme
The BA (Hons) Philosophy and Global Cultural Studies (4-year) programme is an exit route only and not available for direct application.
This programme will give you a thorough grounding in the main themes and methods of two progressive disciplines, Philosophy and Modern Languages. This Combined Honours degree enables you to divide your time equally between these related subject areas.
While studying Philosophy you will discuss and explore long-standing questions on the nature of many topics: knowledge, science, reality, ethics, art and beauty, the mind-body relationship, the meaning of life and more. Studying a modern language will enable you to develop strong skills in spoken and written language, and analytical thought, and gain a deeper understanding of another culture and people.
The Modern Languages side of the programme offers choice between the study of one of seven major languages (Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish), taught by experienced language specialists including native speakers and academic staff at the cutting edge of research in their particular discipline. Progression through the programme will combine the acquisition of language with the study of the literature, history, film and linguistics of the language disciplines as well as advanced translation practice. You will develop a high level of proficiency in reading, writing, understanding and speaking your selected language, providing you with valued skills for future careers. A carefully arranged choice of modules enables you to focus more towards language skills or to learn about the society in which a particular language is spoken. These cultural modules cover topics as broad as history, politics, philosophy, literature and cinema; they complement the language study within the programme and further ground your understanding of the language of your choice.
As a whole, BA Philosophy & Global Cultural Studies offers you a coherent programme of study, balancing core elements with a choice of specialist topics to suit your individual aspirations and requirements.
Advice and guidance on your programme can be sought from your personal tutor and programme director. All staff offer regular office hours that you can drop into without a prior appointment for this purpose.
3. Educational Aims of the Programme
This programme aims to develop your competence in the subject-specific and research skills required in both Philosophy and Modern Languages, through extended engagement with your chosen languages and through relevant methodological, critical and theoretical contexts. As you progress through the programme, you will acquire a thorough grounding in the core principles of Philosophy and Modern Languages through study which engages you imaginatively in the process of understanding and analysing language, culture and Philosophy. In Modern Languages modules, you will train towards a high level of proficiency in reading, speaking, writing and listening, with the aim of enabling you to communicate readily in personal and professional arenas. Philosophy and Modern Languages offer detailed subject knowledge, broad coverage and a wide range of choice.
You will also acquire advanced competence in core academic, personal and key skills, providing a basis for career progression in the academic and professional worlds. You will be exposed to a variety of teaching and assessment methods within appropriate learning environments, supported by feedback and monitoring of your progress. You will also be able to develop your independent study skills through individual research.
The programme provides an intellectually stimulating, satisfying experience of learning and studying, and forms a sound basis for further study in these or in related disciplines. It aims to develop a range of subject-specific, academic and transferable skills, including high order conceptual literacy and communication skills of value in graduate employment. Philosophy and Modern Languages encourage you to become a global citizen, a questioning member of society, and provides thorough training for further study or a specialist career. You may utilise the skills you develop in a range of sectors, including Translation, Museums, Consultancy, Market Research, the Civil Service, Education, Teaching, New Media Industries, Journalism and Publishing, Research, Charities, Information Science, Advertising and Public Relations.
4. Programme Structure
5. Programme Modules
- http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/current/undergraduatemodules/
- http://intranet.exeter.ac.uk/humanities/studying/undergraduates/modules/
You may take optional modules as long as any necessary prerequisites have been satisfied, where the timetable allows and if you have not already taken the module in question or an equivalent module. You are expected to balance your credits in each stage of the programme, taking 60 credits from Philosophy, and 60 credits from Modern Languages.
The College of Humanities, however, takes the view that in Combined Honours programmes you would be incapable of reaching a satisfactory standard in the chosen language if you took fewer than 60 credits per year in it. Accordingly you may not exercise the modularity option in Modern Languages (modularity is where you are permitted to take elective modules from other disciplines that are not included in the programme specification). However, it would be possible for you in certain cases, to exercise the right from the Philosophy side of your programme alone.
At stages 1, 2 and 4, you will take one compulsory language module amounting to 30 credits in total. At stage 3, you will spend a year abroad in one of the following ways:
- on a suitable programme of study at an approved partner institution;
- as an Assistant in a school under the scheme arranged by the British Council;
- in approved paid or voluntary employment.
The year may be spent either in one country where a language of study is spoken or, if suitable arrangements can be made, divided between two countries. Exceptionally, other arrangements may be approved by the Director of Education. On the year abroad you are required either to take a compulsory module which tests your language acquisition, your intercultural competence and develops employability skills and environmental awareness, or, if you study at an approved partner institution, you will be assessed on the basis of the marks obtained at the host university and an oral examination held on your return to Exeter.
Stage 1
45 credits of compulsory Philosophy modules, 30 credits of compulsory modules in your chosen language and 45 credits of optional modules (including 15 credits of Philosophy modules, and 30 consisting of content related to your chosen language.
Subject to choosing 120 credits for the stage overall, you must:
a select 30 credits of compulsory modules in your chosen language.
b select 30 credits of optional modules consisting of content related to your chosen language; on the Modern Languages side of your programme, you may select a maximum of 15 credits of either the SML- or HUM-coded modules for the year. Please note that certain modules may only be available to students on Single Honours programmes, or to students who have taken a particular language module. This information will be given in the pre-requisites or co-requisites section of the relevant module descriptor. Please note for students of Modern Languages Portuguese (Single Honours or Combined Honours) MLP1002 is compulsory. For FLC students or other non-Modern Language students, it remains optional
Compulsory Modules
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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PHL1002A | Knowledge and Reality 1 | 15 | Yes |
PHL1005A | Evidence and Argument 1 | 15 | Yes |
PHL1006 | Introduction to Philosophical Analysis | 15 | Yes |
MLX S1 BA comp language 2022-3 [See note a above] | |||
MLF1001 | French Language | 30 | Yes |
MLF1052 | French Language for Beginners | 30 | Yes |
MLG1001 | German Language | 30 | Yes |
MLG1052 | German Language for Beginners | 30 | Yes |
MLI1001 | Italian Language | 30 | Yes |
MLI1052 | Italian Language for Beginners | 30 | Yes |
MLM1052 | Beginners Chinese | 30 | Yes |
MLP1052 | Portuguese Language for Beginners | 30 | Yes |
MLR1001 | Contemporary Russian Written and Oral | 30 | Yes |
MLR1030 | Russian Language for Beginners | 30 | Yes |
MLS1001 | Spanish Language | 30 | Yes |
MLS1056 | Spanish Language for Beginners | 30 | Yes |
PHL1002B | Knowledge and Reality 2 | 15 | No |
PHL1013 | Philosophy of Morality | 15 | No |
Optional Modules
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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PHL S1 BA Philosophy SH and CH opt 2022-3 | |||
PHL1005A | Evidence and Argument 1 | 15 | No |
PHL1010 | Introduction to Asian Philosophy | 15 | No |
PHL1006 | Introduction to Philosophical Analysis | 15 | No |
PHL1016 | Introduction to Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence | 15 | No |
PHL1002A | Knowledge and Reality 1 | 15 | No |
PHL1002B | Knowledge and Reality 2 | 15 | No |
PHL1004 | Philosophical Problems 1 | 15 | No |
PHL1007 | Philosophical Reading 1 | 15 | No |
PHL1008 | Philosophical Reading 2 | 15 | No |
PHL1009 | Philosophies of Art | 15 | No |
MLX S1 BA French opt 2022-3 [See note b above] | |||
MLF1014 | Love and Death in French Culture | 15 | No |
MLF1017 | The Making of Modern France | 15 | No |
MLF1103 | The French Language, Present and Past | 15 | No |
MLF1105 | An Introduction to French Thought | 15 | No |
MLF1121 | French Visual History | 15 | No |
SML1207 | Introduction to Film | 15 | No |
MLX S1 BA German opt 2022-3 [See note b above] | |||
MLG1014 | A Nation Remembers: Issues in German Cultural Memory | 15 | No |
MLG1020 | Made in Germany: the History and Culture of a Global Brand | 15 | No |
MLG1021 | Outside In: An Introduction to Outcasts and Outsiders in German-language Literature and Film | 15 | No |
SML1207 | Introduction to Film | 15 | No |
MLX S1 BA Italian opt 2022-3 [See note b above] | |||
MLI1016 | Italy Inside Out: Popular Visual Narratives about Italy | 15 | No |
MLI1121 | A Thousand Faces: Cultures and History in 19th-Century Italy | 15 | No |
MLX S1 BA Chinese opt 2022-3 [See note b above] | |||
MLM1010 | China of the Senses: Approaching Chinese Culture and Environments | 15 | No |
MLM1013 | A Brief History of Modern China (1861-Present) | 15 | No |
MLX S1 BA Portuguese opt 2022-3 [See note b above] | |||
MLP1002 | Introduction to the Lusophone World | 15 | No |
MLX S1 BA Russian opt 2022-3 [See note b above] | |||
MLR1005 | Chekhov's Major Plays | 15 | No |
MLR1023 | Russia: Empire and Identity | 15 | No |
MLX S1 BA Spanish opt 2022-3 [See note b above] | |||
MLS1064 | An Introduction to the Hispanic World: Texts in Context | 15 | No |
MLS1066 | The Making of Modern Latin America: History Through Literature and Culture | 15 | No |
MLS1065 | The Making of Modern Spain | 15 | No |
MLX S1 BA ML opt 2022-3 [See note b above] | |||
SML1208 | Language, Culture, and International Relations | 15 | No |
Stage 2
30 credits of compulsory modules in your chosen language, 60 credits of optional modules in Philosophy and 30 credits of optional modules consisting of content related to your chosen language.
Subject to selecting 120 credits in the stage overall, you must:
c select 30 credits of compulsory modules in your chosen language.
d select 60 credits of optional modules in Philosophy.
e select 30 credits of optional modules consisting of content related to your chosen language; on the Modern Languages side of your programme, you may select a maximum of 15 credits of either the SML- or HUM-coded modules listed below for the year.It is your responsibility to ensure that credit for SML modules can be counted towards the language of your study, where this is necessary for your credit count
Compulsory Modules
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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MLX S2 BA comp language 2022-3 [See note c above] | |||
MLF2001 | French Language, Written and Oral | 30 | Yes |
MLF2152 | Intermediate French | 30 | Yes |
MLG2001 | German Language, Written and Oral | 30 | Yes |
MLG2052 | Intermediate German | 30 | Yes |
MLI2001 | Italian Language, Written and Oral | 30 | Yes |
MLI2051 | Italian Language | 30 | Yes |
MLM2052 | Intermediate Chinese (One) | 30 | Yes |
MLP2052 | Intermediate Portuguese | 30 | Yes |
MLR2001 | Contemporary Russian Written and Oral I | 30 | Yes |
MLR2030 | Intermediate Russian | 30 | Yes |
MLS2001 | Spanish Language, Written and Oral | 30 | Yes |
MLS2156 | Spanish Language (ex-beginners) | 30 | Yes |
Optional Modules
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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PHL S2 BA Philosophy SH and CH opt 2022-3 [See note d above] | |||
PHL2001 | Phenomenology | 15 | No |
PHL2002 | Existentialism | 15 | No |
PHL2010A | Philosophy of Mind 1 | 15 | No |
PHL2015 | Body and Mind | 15 | No |
PHL2016 | Metaphysics | 15 | No |
PHL2018 | Philosophy of Language | 15 | No |
PHL2020 | Virtues and Vices | 15 | No |
PHL2022 | Sex and Death: Introduction to the Philosophy of Biology | 15 | No |
PHL2026 | Philosophy of Science | 15 | No |
PHL2038 | The Self | 15 | No |
PHL2040 | Critical Theory: The Frankfurt School and Communicative Capitalism | 15 | No |
PHL2041 | Feminist Philosophy: Gender, Race and Class | 15 | No |
PHL2042 | Philosophical Frontiers | 15 | No |
PHL2045 | Aesthetics | 15 | No |
PHL2046A | The Holocaust, Genocide and Society | 30 | No |
PHL2052 | Epistemology | 15 | No |
PHL2053 | History of Philosophy | 15 | No |
PHL2054 | Philosophy of Psychiatry | 15 | No |
PHL2056 | The Nature of Normativity | 15 | No |
PHL2061 | Philosophy of Law | 15 | No |
PHL2096 | Cyborg Studies | 15 | No |
PHL2110 | Philosophy of Emotion | 30 | No |
PHL2111 | The Deep Past, History and Humanity | 15 | No |
PHL2112 | Practical Ethics | 15 | No |
PHL2114 | Aristotle's Ethics | 15 | No |
PHL2116 | Reality, Existence and Change | 15 | No |
PHL2117 | Philosophy and Psychedelics | 15 | No |
PHL2118 | Moral agency in social context | 15 | No |
PHL2119 | Animal Minds and Animal Ethics | 15 | No |
PHL2120 | Philosophy and Sociology of Race | 15 | No |
PHL2122 | Data, Experiments, and Society | 15 | No |
PHL2123 | Philosophy of Medicine | 15 | No |
PHL2124 | Social Epistemology | 15 | No |
PHL2125 | Ethics of Emerging Technologies | 15 | No |
PHL2126 | Mind and World in Contemporary Japanese Philosophy | 15 | No |
PHL2127 | Hidden Voices in Early Modern Philosophy | 15 | No |
PHL2043 | Philosophical Research | 15 | No |
MLX S2 BA French opt 2022-3 [See note e above] | |||
MLF2012 | Evolution of the French Language | 15 | No |
MLF2029 | Varieties of French | 15 | No |
MLF2056 | Provoking Thoughts - French Literature and Philosophy from the Renaissance to the 20th Century | 15 | No |
MLF2063 | Crime and Punishment in French Fiction | 15 | No |
MLF2065 | Contemporary French Film: Issues and Debates | 15 | No |
MLF2066 | Intimate Spaces of the French Enlightenment | 15 | No |
MLF2069 | East is East? Cross-Cultural Encounters in Medieval French Literature | 15 | No |
MLF2074 | Translating Exile: Contemporary Francophone Women Writers | 15 | No |
MLF2070 | Violence and Virtue: Early Modern French Theatre | 15 | No |
MLF2076 | Subversive Texts: Baudelaire and Rachilde | 15 | No |
MLX S2 BA German opt 2022-3 [See note e above] | |||
MLG2003 | Youth and Age: Generations in German Fiction and Film | 15 | No |
MLG2018 | Berlin - Culture, History and Politics | 15 | No |
MLG2019 | Gender, Race and Migration in 20th and 21st-century German Literature | 15 | No |
MLX S2 BA Italian opt 2022-3 [See note e above] | |||
AHV2208 | Ideal Cities? Urban Cultures of Renaissance Italy | 15 | No |
MLI2018 | Love (and Marriage?) in Contemporary Italian Film Comedy | 15 | No |
MLX S2 BA Chinese opt 2022-3 [See note e above] | |||
MLM2002 | Politics of Contemporary China | 15 | No |
MLM2010 | Reading China: from Mandarins to Revolutionists | 15 | No |
MLX S2 BA Portuguese opt 2022-3 [See note e above] | |||
MLP2002 | Portuguese as a Global Language | 15 | No |
MLP2005 | Travelling Identities in the Lusophone World | 15 | No |
MLX S2 BA Russian opt 2022-3 [See note e above] | |||
MLR2021 | Understanding Russia | 15 | No |
MLR2024 | Exploring Revolution: The Making of Soviet Society and Culture in the 1920s | 15 | No |
MLX S2 BA Spanish opt 2022-3 [See note e above] | |||
MLS2045 | Federico Garcia Lorca: Theatre and Poetry | 15 | No |
MLS2060 | Love and Death in Spanish Drama | 15 | No |
MLS2061 | The Latin American Short Story | 15 | No |
MLS2070 | Catalonia Is Not Spain? Modern Catalan Culture in Context | 15 | No |
MLS2072 | Place and Identity in Contemporary Venezuelan Culture | 15 | No |
MLS2158 | "What is Love? And Do I Need It?" An Introduction to Spanish Renaissance Love Poetry | 15 | No |
MLS2159 | Key Modern Poets from Spain and Latin America | 15 | No |
MLS2160 | Fiction in Post-War Spain: Voices of Conformity and Subversion | 15 | No |
MLX S2 BA ML opt 2022-3 [See note e above] | |||
HUM2004 | Making a Career in Publishing | 15 | No |
HUM2005 | Tales of Freedom, Necessity and Providence | 15 | No |
SML2209 | Music in Medieval Europe | 15 | No |
SML2244 | Multilingualism in Society | 15 | No |
SML2246 | Intercultural Communication | 15 | No |
Stage 3
120 credits of compulsory modules
f You must take one of these modules.
Compulsory Modules
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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MLX S3 BA comp year abroad 2022-3 [See note f above] | |||
SML3010 | Work and Study Abroad | 120 | Yes |
SML3020 | Study Abroad at a Partner University (with Assessment in the Foreign Language) | 120 | Yes |
SML3025 | Internship Abroad Combined with Study at a Partner University Abroad | 120 | Yes |
Stage 4
60 credits of optional Philosophy modules, 30 credits of compulsory modules in your chosen language and 30 credits of optional modules consisting of content related to your chosen language
Subject to selecting 120 credits in the stage you must:
g select 30 credits of compulsory modules in your chosen language.
h select 60 credits of option modules in Philosophy.
i select 30 credits of optional modules consisting of content related to your chosen language; you may select a maximum of 15 credits of the SML- or HUM-coded modules listed below for the year, these are additional to SML3015. You may, alternatively, take SML3030. Please note you may only select one dissertation module across the two programmes. It is your responsibility to ensure that credit for SML modules can be counted towards the language of your study, where this is necessary for your credit count.
Compulsory Modules
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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MLX SF BA comp language [See note g above] | |||
MLF3111 | Advanced French Language Skills | 30 | Yes |
MLG3111 | Advanced German Language Skills | 30 | Yes |
MLI3111 | Advanced Italian Language Skills | 30 | Yes |
MLM3111 | Advanced Chinese Language Skills | 30 | Yes |
MLP3111 | Advanced Portuguese Language Skills | 30 | Yes |
MLR3111 | Advanced Russian Language Skills | 30 | Yes |
MLS3111 | Advanced Spanish Language Skills | 30 | Yes |
Optional Modules
Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
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PHL SF BA Philosophy SH and CH opt 2022-3 [See note h above] | |||
PHL3001 | Phenomenology | 15 | No |
PHL3002 | Existentialism | 15 | No |
PHL3013 | Virtues and Vices | 15 | No |
PHL3014 | Symbolic Logic | 15 | No |
PHL3018 | Sex and Death: Introduction to the Philosophy of Biology | 15 | No |
PHL3026 | Philosophy of Science | 15 | No |
PHL3038 | The Self | 15 | No |
PHL3045 | Aesthetics | 15 | No |
PHL3046A | The Holocaust, Genocide and Society | 30 | No |
PHL3052 | Epistemology | 15 | No |
PHL3053 | History of Philosophy | 15 | No |
PHL3054 | Philosophy of Psychiatry | 15 | No |
PHL3056 | The Nature of Normativity | 15 | No |
PHL3061 | Philosophy of Law | 15 | No |
PHL3077 | Bioethics: DNA-technologies, Ethics and Human Identity | 15 | No |
PHL3078 | Critical Theory: The Frankfurt School and Communicative Capitalism | 15 | No |
PHL3079 | Feminist Philosophy: Gender, Race and Class | 15 | No |
PHL3080 | Philosophical Frontiers | 15 | No |
PHL3096 | Cyborg Studies | 15 | No |
PHL3110 | Philosophy of Emotion | 30 | No |
PHL3111 | The Deep Past, History and Humanity | 15 | No |
PHL3112 | Ecology, Environment and Conservation | 15 | No |
PHL3113 | Practical Ethics | 15 | No |
PHL3116 | Reality, Existence and Change | 15 | No |
PHL3117 | Philosophy and Psychedelics | 15 | No |
PHL3118 | Animal Minds and Animal Ethics | 15 | No |
PHL3119 | Philosophy and Sociology of Race | 15 | No |
PHL3121 | Data, Experiments, and Society | 15 | No |
PHL3122 | Philosophy of Medicine | 15 | No |
PHL3123 | Social Epistemology | 15 | No |
PHL3124 | Ethics of Emerging Technologies | 15 | No |
PHL3125 | Mind and World in Contemporary Japanese Philosophy | 15 | No |
PHL3126 | Hidden Voices in Early Modern Philosophy | 15 | No |
MLX SF BA French opt 2022-3 [See note i above] | |||
MLF3006 | The Invention of Modern Love | 15 | No |
MLF3034 | Sociolinguistics of French | 15 | No |
MLF3046 | Dialectology in France | 15 | No |
MLF3050 | Music, Poetry, and Society at the Late Medieval French Court | 15 | No |
MLF3075 | First-Person Outsiders in Modern French Literature | 15 | No |
MLF3078 | Philosophers, Prophets, and Mystics in French Culture | 15 | No |
MLF3079 | Sex, Subversion and Censorship: Libertine Literature in Seventeenth-Century France | 15 | No |
MLF3080 | Les Miserables from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day | 15 | No |
MLF3081 | Sexual Politics: Gender Dynamics in Early Modern France | 15 | No |
MLX SF BA German opt 2022-3 [See note i above] | |||
MLG3036 | Dictatorships on Display: History Exhibitions in Germany and Austria | 15 | No |
MLG3037 | Coping with Catastrophe: German Culture, Literature and Politics in the Interwar Years | 15 | No |
MLG3040 | Sex, Sciences and the Arts | 15 | No |
MLX SF BA Italian opt 2022-3 [See note i above] | |||
AHV3002 | Understanding Space in Renaissance Italy | 15 | No |
MLI3032 | Italian Screen Audiences: Film and television history from below | 15 | No |
MLI3199 | Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend | 15 | No |
MLX SF BA Chinese opt 2022-3 [See note i above] | |||
MLM3009 | China through the Lens: Cultural Translation and Self-Presentation | 15 | No |
MLM3011 | China and the Third World: Foreign Relations and Nation Building in China in the Cold War Era | 15 | No |
MLX SF BA Portuguese opt 2022-3 [See note i above] | |||
MLP3002 | Afro-Brazil: Ideas of Africa in Brazilian Fiction | 15 | No |
MLP3005 | Changing voices: tracing the development of Portuguese over time | 15 | No |
MLX SF BA Russian opt 2022-3 [See note i above] | |||
MLR3026 | The Deceptive City: The Creation of St Petersburg in Russian Literature | 15 | No |
MLR3027 | The Making of Underground Russia, 1825-1917 | 15 | No |
MLX SF BA Spanish opt 2022-3 [See note i above] | |||
MLS3037 | Women and Feminism in 20th Century Spain | 15 | No |
MLS3057 | Cross Currents: Memory, Myth and Modernity in Latin America | 15 | No |
MLS3067 | "Monster of Nature and Phoenix of Wits." An Introduction to the Work of Lope de Vega | 15 | No |
MLS3068 | Staging Conflicts: Spanish Romantic Drama | 15 | No |
MLS3112 | Spanish Modernists: Narratives of Identity, Gender and Nation | 15 | No |
SML3031 | Advanced Translation Skills | 15 | No |
MLX SF BA ML opt 2022-3 [See note i above] | |||
HUM3002 | Aliens Abroad: Science Fiction in Global Literature | 15 | No |
HUM3015 | The Place of Meaning: Gardens in Britain and China | 15 | No |
SML3009 | Intercultural Communication in a Global World | 15 | No |
SML3013 | Through the Language Lens: the Relationship between Language, Culture and the Mind | 15 | No |
SML3015 | Dissertation | 15 | No |
SML3030 | Extended Dissertation | 30 | No |
SML3031 | Advanced Translation Skills | 15 | No |
SML3036 | Beyond Sex and the City: Becoming a Woman in Contemporary Western Cinema | 15 | No |
SML3040 | Women in Translation: Gender and Publishing in the 21st Century | 15 | No |
SML3041 | Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures | 15 | No |
6. Programme Outcomes Linked to Teaching, Learning and Assessment Methods
Intended Learning Outcomes
A: Specialised Subject Skills and Knowledge
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
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...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
1. Demonstrate a high level of accuracy and fluency in the production and comprehension of the chosen language, both orally and in writing. | 1-3: 4 & 5: The level 1 cultural modules give students a foundation knowledge on which to base their choice of options at higher levels, enabling them to explore and develop their interest in particular areas of their chosen language discipline. Knowledge of the relevant aspects of culture is acquired through lectures and seminars, guided reading of primary and secondary texts (including literature, film, visual culture and linguistics), and directed independent study. Students learn to use the critical methodologies appropriate to the options chosen (literary criticism, linguistic or philological study, political or social history, film studies, etc) through writing exams and essays and preparing seminar presentations, following initial guidance from lecturers, and through feedback on work submitted. 6 is developed through the year abroad. | 1 and 2 are assessed explicitly, and 3 implicitly, by coursework marked throughout the year at stage 1, and by end-of-year written and oral exams at stages 2 and 4. 4 and 5 are assessed by a combination of essays written during the module and end-of-year written examinations. 6 is assessed through the year abroad. |
Intended Learning Outcomes
B: Academic Discipline Core Skills and Knowledge
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
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...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
15. Demonstrate understanding of the linguistic principles required to assimilate and analyse the structure of a foreign language. | 15 is developed through the core language modules throughout the programme, in students' language work and in feedback from lecturers (in the form of both written comments and explanation in subsequent classes). 16-18 are developed through lectures and seminars in optional modules, with progression from a relatively high level of input from lecturers at stage 1, to greater student autonomy at later stages. Modules at stages 3 and 4 (and to a limited extent also at stage 2) are normally related to the research specialism of the staff teaching the module, giving students an insight 19 is implicit in all study of the language and cultures of another country, and all modules challenge students to reflect critically on their receptiveness to foreign cultures. Skills 20-26 are developed throughout the Philosophy degree programme by lectures and seminars, written work and oral work (both oral presentations and class discussion). A more sophisticated use of these skills is developed in the second and third stages; in the third stage, independent use of these skills is developed through the dissertation and level 3 optional modules selected by the student. | 15 is assessed by the strategies described for the core language modules under A above. |
Intended Learning Outcomes
C: Personal/Transferable/Employment Skills and Knowledge
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
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...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
27. Select, organise and analyse material for written work and oral presentations of different prescribed lengths. | 27, 28, 30 and 31 are developed through the preparation and delivery of oral presentations in most modules at all levels in both sides of the programme, and through the oral discussion of challenging material in all modules in the programme. | 27 and 28: In Philosophy, oral contribution to seminars and presentations are assessed formatively. 27, 29, 30, 33 and 35 are assessed through examinations and/or written work at all levels and in all modules. 31 Group presentations are assessed in some optional modules; in those where team-working skills are not explicitly assessed, these skills nonetheless contribute to the successful outcome of oral and written presentations. Skill 36 is assessed by the dissertation. Skill 37 is developed through the successive stages of the year abroad, from preliminary briefing and induction, through submission of an interim report or essay plan, to completion of the essay and oral presentation, or alternatively by taking modules at a university in the host country and accredited under ECTS. They are assessed by means of the essay and supporting documentation, and the oral presentation, or through the assessment provided at the host institution for students taking credits under ECTS. |
7. Programme Regulations
Programme-specific Award Rules
Your degree classification will be calculated from the credit-weighted average marks for stages 2 and 4 combined in the ratio 1:2 respectively
Classification
8. College Support for Students and Students' Learning
All students within Philosophy and Modern Languages have a personal tutor for their entire programme of study and who is available at advertised ‘office hours’. There are induction sessions to orientate you at the start of your programme. A personal tutoring system will operate with regular communication throughout the programme. Academic support will be also be provided by module leaders. You can also make an appointment to see individual teaching staff.
9. University Support for Students and Students' Learning
10. Admissions Criteria
11. Regulation of Assessment and Academic Standards
12. Indicators of Quality and Standards
The programme is not subject to accreditation and/ or review by professional and statutory regulatory bodies (PSRBs).
13. Methods for Evaluating and Improving Quality and Standards
14. Awarding Institution
University of Exeter
15. Lead College / Teaching Institution
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS)
16. Partner College / Institution
Partner College(s)
Not applicable to this programme
Partner Institution
Not applicable to this programme.
17. Programme Accredited / Validated by
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18. Final Award
BA (Hons) Philosophy and Global Cultural Studies (4-year)
19. UCAS Code
Not applicable to this programme.
20. NQF Level of Final Award
6 (Honours)
21. Credit
CATS credits | ECTS credits |
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22. QAA Subject Benchmarking Group
[Honours] Languages and related studies
[Honours] Philosophy
23. Dates
Origin Date | 23/08/2019 |
Date of last revision | 14/02/2023 |
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